At Home With The Hinsons

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Happy New Year 2010

Hi all!
I realize I'm a bit behind on my blogging,
but I've been too busy making memories
to slow down and document them. :)
No worries,
Andy goes back to work on Monday,
the boys go back to school on Tuesday,
and then I'll take the time to catch up.

For now I wanted to take a moment
to wish you a Happy New Years
from At Home With The Hinsons.

We've had a wonderful evening!

The festivities started with me taking a long hot bath,
doing a homemade pedicure,
and then settling into my new Karen Neuburger jammy tales.
Ooohhh Karen Neuburger,
your jammy tales are so expensive,
and my friends make fun of them,
but you're my all time favorite!

Next we sat down at the table
to enjoy a Daddy style snack food buffet,
and hours full of games.

We started with Connect Four.

Once Joseph won we moved on to Boggle.
Let me tell you, Boggle with a seven year old rocks!
James was really good.
Sometimes the letters in his words didn't actually touch,
but he made some great words.
The best was when I laughed so hard I cried
after convincing James he couldn't earn a point for writing his name on his paper!

We moved onto a game of Nerf basketball,
which led to an all out Nerf gun war.
I'm not sure but I think Team Parents won?!


We topped off our festivities with a firework show in the backyard.

Now we're piled up in the living room ready to watch
the Red Bull New Year's No Limits...

which for us girls is a man jumping over things in a motorcycle.
Yes, I'm surrounded by boys. :)

I can only hope that 2010 is as wonderful as our New Year's Eve celebration!
God's blessings on your New Year, Sarah :D

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Magical CHRISTmas

Hi all!
I hope you had a magical Merry CHRISTmas.
We certainly did. :)

Andy & I really cut back on purchases this year.
This was how I summed up my feelings about it...
Jesus is the real CHRISTmas gift.
The gifts we give are more like the party favors.


This message was reinforced during our CHRISTmas Eve service.
The kids did their program, which was beautiful.
Then as the congregation was finishing communion I glanced back, only to see...
Santa Claus coming down the aisle!!!
With his hat in his hand, he knelt down at the altar, prayed and received communion.
WOW, nothing spoke the true meaning of CHRISTmas to me more than that visual.
All I could do was cry, it was breathtaking!

Yes, I'd say that together Jesus & Santa made our CHRISTmas magical. :)

That's all for now.
For some reason my internet is acting ugly.
Ugly as in I can open most websites except my blog.
To keep me from withdrawals I'm blogging on my Blackberry tonight.
Hopefully I'll be back soon, I have so much to share.
Just a hint: Santa Andy brought me a Cricut & I've been a busy girl!

God's blessings on your night friends, Sarah :D